Atletico Madrid took provisional top spot in LaLiga with a comfortable 3-0 away win at a toothless Valencia on Saturday thanks to a first-half brace by Julian Alvarez and a late strike by substitute Angel Correa.

Julian Alvarez scored twice as Atletico Madrid downed struggling Valencia 3-0 to move, at least temporarily, top of LaLiga.

Atlético de Madrid saw off Valencia with a 3-0 win at the Mestalla.  Scorers: Álvarez 12', 30', Correa 86'Julian Álvarez hit his 18th goal of the season after a Antoine Griezmann began a move

Julian Alvarez bagged a brace to take Atletico Madrid provisionally top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at Valencia on Saturday. Villarreal, fifth, kept the pressure on the top four with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Rayo Vallecano.

Atletico Madrid ended Valencia’s three-game winning home run by beating them 3-0 in today’s early evening La Liga action, provisionally sending themselves to the summit while increasing Valencia’s chances of a first demotion since 1986.